The 2019–20
ACB season, also known as Liga
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for sponsorship reasons, was the 37th season of the top Spanish professional
basketball
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league, since its establishment in 1983. It started on 24 September 2019 with the first round of the regular season and ended on 30 June 2020 in an exceptional end-of-season tournament in
Valencia
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due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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.
Real Madrid was the defending champion which was eliminated by
San Pablo Burgos which qualified to semifinals for its first time.
Kirolbet Baskonia won their fourth ACB and
Spanish title after 10 years of the last Spanish title.
Teams
Promotion and relegation (pre-season)
A total of 18 teams contested the league, including 16 sides from the
2018–19 season and two promoted from the
2018–19 LEB Oro. This include the top team from the LEB Oro, and the winners of the LEB Oro Final Four.
;Teams promoted from
LEB Oro LEB or Leb may refer to:
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Coosur Real Betis
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RETAbet Bilbao Basket
Venues and locations
Personnel and sponsorship
Managerial changes
Season summary
On March 10, 2020, the
Ministry of Health of Spain decreed that all games would be played
behind closed doors due to the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. On March 11, 2020,
ACB postponed all the games of the Rounds 24 and 25, as well as those postponed games that were planned in this period. On March 16, 2020, the ACB clubs agreed unanimously on the temporary suspension of the league until April 24. On April 2, 2020, ACB suspended indefinitely the league and started to work on future scenarios to restart the league. On April 20, 2020, the ACB clubs agreed unanimously to finish prematurely the regular season due to
force majeure and to continue the league with a 12-team format with two groups and a Final Four to decide the winner, with all games played in a single stage. Relegations to LEB Oro were revoked. On May 27, 2020, ACB selected and announced
Valencia
Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the autonomous community of Valencia and the third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is also the capital of the province of the same name. The wider urban area al ...
to host the exceptional playoffs in the two last weeks of June.
Regular season
League table
Positions by round
The table lists the positions of teams after completion of each round. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included in the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.
Results
Playoffs
Group stage
Group A
Group B
Final Four
Final standings
Attendances
Attendances only include regular season games:
Awards
All official awards of the 2019–20 ACB season.
MVP
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Source:
Finals MVP
Source:
All-ACB Team
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s
Source:
Best Young Player Award
Source:
Best All-Young Team
Source:
Player of the round
Source:
Player of the month
Source:
ACB clubs in international competitions
Notes
References
External links
Official website
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Spanish
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